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The Great Arch

The Great Arch

2025•1h 44m•7.3/10
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7.3/10(61)

1983. The biggest architectural competition in history, both anonymous and open, is launched under the impetus of a new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen. Until then, the fifty-year-old Danish had only built 4 buildings: his home and three small chapels.

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Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, France 3 Cinéma, Le Pacte, Zentropa Entertainments

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Claes Bang

Claes Bang

Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Liv von Spreckelsen

Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan

Jean-Louis Subilon

Swann Arlaud

Swann Arlaud

Paul Andreu

Michel Fau

Michel Fau

François Mitterrand

Jean des Forêts

Jean des Forêts

Alain Juppé

Micha Lescot

Micha Lescot

Leloup

Alessandro Bressanello

Alessandro Bressanello

Marble man

Ilaria Cabras

Marble man's daughter

Viilbjørk Malling Agger

Viilbjørk Malling Agger

Architect student

Cédric Appietto

Cédric Appietto

Tavelli

Olivier Marguerit

Dewasne

Patrick Sobelman

Saint-Germain

Guillaume Foresti

Forestier

Raphaël Jimenez

Raphaël Jimenez

Alain Juppé's counselor

Pierre-François Grunewald

François Mitterrand's counselor

François Raison

François Raison

L'huissier Elysée

Axelle Bossard

Axelle Bossard

Secrétaire Subilon

Jiang Hong Chen

Pei

Cécile Ducrocq

Femme invitée

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